This wonderful slideshow, accompanied by music by Welsh band 'The Stereophonics' is the first thing we look at in class: what questions does it inspire about WW1 and War in general?: WW1 slideshow
The BBC history site contains a wealth of information. Of particular use for the Schlieffen Plan is this flash animation of the beginning and course of the war: The Western Front Animation
WW1 - Trench warfare
Is our Tommy making sense? Summary sheet for use with sources exercise done in class, download your own copy here!
Trench Warfare Game. In this game you play the part of a Canadian soldier on the western front, can you make the correct decisions and live through the 'Great War'? http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/overtop/index_e.html - there is audio so use your headphones if you are in class!
Browse downloadable assessment guides, worksheets etc for this topic
Citation machine for Bibliographies
http://citationmachine.net/
Introduction
This wonderful slideshow, accompanied by music by Welsh band 'The Stereophonics' is the first thing we look at in class: what questions does it inspire about WW1 and War in general?: WW1 slideshow
Wikipedia Article on WW1 (PDF format):
WW1 Causes of WW1
www.activehistory.co.uk contains an excellent decision making game 'you are the Kaiser'. You have to login: ask your teacher for the login details
Key words game to test your knowledge! causes of ww1.swf
The BBC history site contains a wealth of information. Of particular use for the Schlieffen Plan is this flash animation of the beginning and course of the war: The Western Front Animation
WW1 - Trench warfare
Is our Tommy making sense? Summary sheet for use with sources exercise done in class, download your own copy here!
Trench Warfare Game. In this game you play the part of a Canadian soldier on the western front, can you make the correct decisions and live through the 'Great War'? http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/overtop/index_e.html - there is audio so use your headphones if you are in class!
Questions for canadian trenches website.doc - Download this sheet and answer the questions whilst doing the website activity above.
BBC site, outstanding for information, pictures of trenches, interactive stuff etc
Youtube video showing a model of a trench: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9zP2Cl8Ifw
Images from the Battle of the Somme: http://www.cwgc.org/somme/imagelibrary/imagebrowser_front.asp
Information on day to day life in the trenches: http://www.germannotes.com/hist_ww1_trenches_life.shtml
BBC game on WW1 tactics & weapons: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/hq/games.shtml
Be a general, an interactive decision making game: http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/westernfront/Western%20Front%20Sim.htm
Battle of the Somme useful weblinks and assessment guide
Check list for your video script:
General written summary: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/battle_somme.shtml
BBC animated map of the Somme and description: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/launch_ani_somme_map.shtml
Detailed written summary including primary sources: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWsomme.htm
Newpaper report from the time (careful with this one!): http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/mirror04_01.shtml
Written summary with sources: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/somme.htm
Intepretations, different ways of looking at the Battle: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/hq/wfront3_01.shtml
Information on General Haig, Commander and Chief of the British forces at The Somme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/hq/wfront3_01.shtml
Commonwealth War Graves Commission: http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14
Battle of the Somme Cemetery list: http://www.somme-1916.com/cemeteries.htm
British Army Ranks
Guidance on how to produce your trench video diary
PowerPoint guide to drafting your trench diary:
How to compress the movie using a MacBook. Download here if you can't see the video below, guide to compress imovie.mov
Christmas Truce research links
Good article and letter
The Wikipedia article on this is pretty good, but you need to be able to find it!
http://www.fylde.demon.co.uk/xmas.htm
http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/christmastruce.htm
There is a BBC News story on the christmas truce: you expert students will have to find a way of getting to it though!
http://history1900s.about.com/od/1910s/a/christmastruce.htm
http://www.christmastruce.co.uk/
http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/061.html
http://www.worldwar1.com/heritage/xmast.htm